a call to the psychic hotline about my gallbladder....

soooooo....just got home from a visit to the emergency room. 

here is what went down on the medical front... i woke up at 1:30 with excruciating pain in my back.  it was bad.   but i thought i was twisted up and sleeping funny and once i straighten out it would go away.   it didn't.  and when i wasn't dying from the pain in my back i realized i had a lot of pain smack dab in the middle of my chest below my boobs....and it was radiating to the right.   the harder i breathed the worst the pain got.   i didn't know if i wanted to vomit, puke or fart.   so i sat in the toilet for a while.   i googled gallbladder from my phone and knew immediately what was going on.   eventually called my folks so they could come down (about 30 minutes) and one of them could take me to the ER and one of them could be here when the princess got up for school.     the ER quickly guessed it was my gallbladder too and some quick blood tests and an ultrasound later it was confirmed that i have "numerous" gallstones.   my liver function is fine and there is not obstruction so it did not require immediate surgery but i was discharged with directions to see my bariatric surgeon soon (he is also a general surgeon).   the ER doctor was amazing and even called my bariatric surgeon so that he is fully briefed when i see him tomorrow.  the ER doctor suggested that i will most likely have my gallbladder removed because of the amount of stones and the link between weight loss surgery and gallbladder problems.

here is what went down on the psychic hotline front.... first some back history....i have always had a strong familial intuition.   my mom too.  i would be away at college and leave class with this strange urge to talk to my grandfather.    once i left class to call him, my mom answered at his house and i asked "what is wrong with grandpa" and she said "let me call you back, the paramedics just got here".... my use of lsd only heightened my intuition.  twice i was out at the club tripping and went right to the airport first thing in the morning because of some strong urge to get back to florida and i had my mom's travel agent book me a ticket and would have her call my parents  to tell them i was on my way home and TWICE my dad met me at the airport and took me directly to the hospital to see my grandfather.   one of those times he was in a coma.   and he woke up when i got to his room to say "good-bye".   the stories go on and on.   my mom just reminded me of the time she was sitting on the sofa in the middle of the night and my grandfather called and said "you sound wide awake" and she said "i was waiting for you to call" and he said "i am ready to go to the hospital".  

so.....what does this have to do with my gallbladder?   here is last night's timeline:

1:30AM i wake up in pain spend an hour trying to go back to sleep not realizing how much pain i am in.
2:30AM my dad wakes up.  gets a drink of water and goes back to bed but can't fall asleep so at 3:30 he goes on the computer to do some work.
3:30AM i have the house phone in my hand and am about to call my parents.   the princess comes downstairs to my room and tells me she wants to see my mom.  i tell her to get in my bed and go back to sleep.  i decide not to call my parents yet.
3:35AM i send my mom an email to say "i don't feel good.  i think it is my gallbladder".
4:20AM my mom gets up.  thinks she is going to go back to sleep.
4:30AM i call my parents and tell them to come get me.  my dad is already dressed unconsciously, we now realize, waiting for my call.    dad takes me to ER and mom stays home with the princess who wakes up, unaware of her familial intuition leanings, and thinks that she got her wish to see her grandmother.

so....now i am home.   in pain.  but not as much pain as this morning thanks to the percocet.   and OF COURSE today i am supposed to see my therapist after many missed attempts.  thanks to Catherine's wise advice i immediately texted her when i left the ER to tell her i could not drive down but would love a phone appointment today and that is what we will do.  Thanks Catherine for suggesting that option.

so i will see the surgeon tomorrow at 4 and figure out the next steps from here.... always fun around here, i tell ya.... lol.